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28 .Dt DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9
31 .Nm DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS
32 .Nd "GEOM class declaration macro"
35 .Fn DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS "class" "mod_name"
38 .Fn DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS
39 macro registers a GEOM class in GEOM.
40 A GEOM class itself implements one particular kind of transformation.
41 Typical examples are: MBR disk partition,
43 disklabel and RAID5 classes.
44 .Fn DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS
45 can be used both for compiled in and loaded as
47 modules GEOM classes and it is the only official way for class registration.
50 .Fn DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS
52 .Bl -tag -offset indent
56 structure which describes a GEOM class.
58 A kernel module name (not a class name!).
63 contains data describing the class.
65 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
66 .It Vt "const char *" Va name
68 .It Vt "g_taste_t *" Va taste
69 Pointer to function used for taste event handling.
72 it is called in three situations:
76 On class activation, all existing providers are offered for tasting.
78 When new provider is created it is offered for tasting.
80 After last write access to a provider is closed it is offered for retasting
81 (on first write open event
85 .It Vt "g_config_t *" Va config
86 This field is not used anymore, its functionality was replaced by the
89 .It Vt "g_ctl_req_t *" Va ctlreq
90 Pointer to function used for handling events from userland applications.
91 .It Vt "g_init_t *" Va init
92 Pointer to function which is called right after class registration.
93 .It Vt "g_fini_t *" Va fini
94 Pointer to function which is called right before class deregistration.
95 .It Vt "g_ctl_destroy_geom_t *" Va destroy_geom
96 Pointer to a function which is called for every geom on class unload.
97 If this field is not set, the class can not be unloaded.
102 field is required; the rest are optional.
103 .Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
106 should always be initialized using C99-style field naming
107 (see the initialization of
111 Example class declaration.
112 .Bd -literal -offset indent
113 static struct g_geom *
114 g_example_taste(struct g_class *mp, struct g_provider *pp,
123 g_example_ctlreq(struct gctl_req *req, struct g_class *cp,
131 g_example_destroy_geom(struct gctl_req *req, struct g_class *cp,
141 g_example_init(struct g_class *mp)
148 g_example_fini(struct g_class *mp)
154 struct g_class example_class = {
156 .taste = g_example_taste,
157 .ctlreq = g_example_ctlreq,
158 .init = g_example_init,
159 .fini = g_example_fini,
160 .destroy_geom = g_example_destroy_geom
163 DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS(example_class, g_example);
174 .Xr g_provider_by_name 9 ,
178 This manual page was written by
179 .An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org .